Although not as treacherous as Andehai, Ci'an's confidant eunuch Chen Fu was not so stupid as to open his mouth and talk nonsense. After returning to Tieling City, Chen Fu did not rush to tease him about seeing Gui Xiang in the Wu army camp, but only reported Jiang Zhongji's reply to Ci'an and others, saying that Jiang Zhongji had just agreed to treat him with courtesy, but did not dare to represent Wu Chaoyue that he would pardon Ci'an and Prince and others, and refused to promise to temporarily stop siege.

Jiang Zhongji's reply certainly disappointed Ci'an and the prince, but Cixi was not surprised. She also said to Ci'an and the prince: "Sister, the fifth brother, in my opinion, Jiang Zhongji is a bit sincere. At least he can tell the truth and promise to be responsible for him. Only in this way can he be truly trustworthy. If Jiang Zhongji dares to agree without the consent of Wu Chaoyue's thief, he will definitely pardon us. If he promises to reward the title, it will never be trustworthy. So in my younger sister's opinion, at least he will be able to fulfill the promise made by Jiang Zhongji, the thief."

Ci'an, who had always lacked his own opinions, nodded subconsciously, and felt that Cixi's analysis was reasonable. Jiang Zhongji's cautious reply was indeed more sincere and reliable than promised to agree to anything. He was thinking in a mess, and Ci'an asked Chen Fu again: "Little Fuzi, what else did that thief Jiang Zhongji say?"

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager Dong, the thief general Jiang Zhongji agreed that he could accept our surrender at any time." Chen Fu replied truthfully: "The thief general Jiang Zhongji said that he also knew that it would be difficult for you to make up this decision. He understood the difficulties of your Empress Dowager. So even if his thief soldiers entered Tieling City, as long as the Empress Dowager surrendered, he still promised to fulfill his promise. Treat the Empress Dowager, the Emperor and the Prince with courtesy, and send you safely to the capital and hand it over to Wu Chaoyue for the rebels."

Ci'an quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and Cixi over there also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Sister, it seems that Jiang Zhongji, the thief, really has no intention of taking the opportunity to harm us. What should I do? Please make a decision early."

Ci'an sighed again and asked the prince: "Lao Wu, what do you think?"

"This..." The prince hesitated and said hesitantly: "My brother thinks that since Jiang Zhongji's thieves and generals have already said this, the two emperor sisters might as well think carefully, or they should agree directly to reduce the casualties of the soldiers and people of Tieling, and let the people all over the world know that the two emperor sisters and the emperor love the people as their sons, so that Wu Chaoyue has no reason to attack you. Or wait a little longer and see the situation. Anyway, Jiang Zhongji's thief also made the statement clearly and could accept your surrender at any time."

The prince said that it was equivalent to not saying anything. Ci'an hesitated for a while, but still did not make up his mind immediately. He just wiped his eyes and said, "Then let the Ai family think about it again. You should also think carefully about what to choose. Let's discuss it together tomorrow."

Cixi and the prince agreed together, and took the initiative to say goodbye. Ci'an did not try to keep her, but asked Chen Fu to send Cixi and the prince out of her temporary residence for him, and then ordered Chen Fu, who came back to hand in the service, and said, "Xiao Fuzi, you are tired too. You don't have to be a member of the job here. Go down and rest quickly."

Chen Fu, who had always been obedient, rarely did not agree immediately, but said carefully: "Empress Dowager, I have a few important words. I want to say it to you alone, please forgive me."

"Important words?" Ci'an was stunned and looked up and saw that Chen Fu was still winking at him. Ci'an immediately understood that something was wrong and hurriedly drove the prince to serve him from Tieling City to drive out of the room. Only Chen Fu was left in the room, and then said, "What important words?"

Chen Fu was indeed a very cautious person. He first looked carefully at whether there were anyone else outside the door and window to eavesdrop, and then came to Ci'an's approach and whispered: "Empress Dowager, it's too big. Please tell me the slave in front of you."

Chen Fu was careful to this point. Of course Ci'an understood that the matter was extraordinary and nodded immediately. Chen Fu also came to Ci'an's ear and whispered to tell me carefully about what happened when he saw Ci'an's second brother Gui Xiang in the Wu army camp. Ci'an's face changed drastically and said in a low voice: "Gui Xiang and Wu Zhe came to Tieling together? Did Wu Zhe be kind to him? Didn't he commit a fraud and surrender letter for the Empress Dowager Ci's? Why is Wu Zhe still so kind to him?"

"I am also surprised by this, so I didn't dare to report in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi just now." Chen Fu whispered: "I sent someone to monitor An Dehai to monitor Gui Xiang's mission to send Gui Xiang to send a letter of fraud. It was arranged by the servant. Xiao Haizi and Xiao Mingzi sent by the servant came back and said that An Dehai and Gui Xiang did not play any tricks when they met, which can prove that Gui Xiang was going to send a letter of fraud."

"So when I saw Gui Xiang in the Wu thief camp, the slave was very strange at that time. Logically speaking, even if Gui Xiang deceived Wu thief, even if Wu thief didn't kill him, he would not be able to treat him so well? Why did the thief general named Deng still call him Gui Xiang an uncle and nephew? He also told him that Gui Xiang could speak directly no matter what he wanted? Gui Xiang did something to deceive Wu thief, why would Wu thief be so kind to him?"

The look of surprise gradually disappeared on Ci'an's face, replaced by endless suspicion. He carefully recalled the past, remembered that Cixi was a good advocate for sending An Dehai to deliver letters, and suddenly appeared when she found that An Dehai had an abnormal behavior, and took the initiative to confess everything and blocked her mouth. She also remembered the pursuit of Wu army who suddenly arrived on the way north and the generous treatment that Gui Xiang received from the Wu army. Ci'an naturally inevitably felt suspicious and said in his heart: "Did the Queen Mother of the Cialis really just ask Gui Xiang to send a false surrender letter?"

After this suspicion arose, several things gradually emerged in Ci'an's mind. First, the Japanese Six once thought that Cixi sent Guixiang to send fraudulent surrender was unnecessary. Second, after the Wu army besieged the city, although Cixi said that she wanted to die for the Qing Dynasty, she was just inciting herself to open the city to surrender. In addition, the most important point is that the first person who proposed the surrender proposal in front of Ci'an was Cixi's absolute confidant An Dehai!

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Cixi was full of suspicion. Ci'an pondered and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Fuzi, in your opinion, why do you think Wu Zhe treats Gui Xiang so well?"

"Then the slave is brave." Chen Fu replied in a low voice: "I thought about it and felt that there was only one possibility. Gui Xiang might not go to find Wu Zhe to surrender, but to inform Wu Zhe to let Wu Zhe know the whereabouts of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. Therefore, Wu Zhe pursued us suddenly, and Gui Xiang would receive such hospitality when he was with Wu Zhe!"

The dreamer woke up. Thinking that Gui Xiang might have been going to inform this, Ci'an's doubts were immediately resolved. She couldn't help but slam the table and wanted to call Cixi to confront her. However, when the words were about, Ci'an forced herself to calm down and said to herself in her heart: "You can't be anxious about this matter. Chen Fu said nothing but a person, and she can't hold on to any evidence. The Queen Mother Ci's will definitely not admit it. If the news leaks out, there may be some trouble."

"Xiao Fuzi, you did a good job of this, but you must keep your mouth tight and never let others know. Okay, go down and rest, let me think about it carefully."

After approving Chen Fu, he gave the ban order and sent Chen Fu to leave, Ci'an didn't say a word. He just thought about how to find out the truth and expose the crime of Cixi's betrayal of herself and the prince and others for her personal interests, and also about how to treat Cixi...

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The Wu army did not leave too much time for Ci'an, Cixi and others to consider. Just as the next day was dawn, the Tieling Guard Cheng Lu hurriedly ran to Ci'an, Cixi and others to report, saying that he had found that the Wu army was mobilizing the army and carrying artillery, flying ladders and other siege equipment, and seemed to have an attempt to launch a large-scale siege. Ci'an was shocked and quickly ordered Cheng Lu to organize the army to prepare to defend the city as soon as possible. Cixi sighed and said, "It's finally here when it's time to come. Whether to surrender or commit suicide to sacrifice his country, we have to make a decision."

After taking a look at Cixi who was deliberately guiding her, Ci'an did not rush to answer her questions. She just arranged for the prince to lead the guards to protect her temporary residence, and then ordered Cixi: "Sister, go and take care of the emperor first, don't let the sound of Wu thief's cannon scare him, let me think about it again, and then discuss with you what to do."

"Stupid bitch, things have reached this point, and I will not cry until I see the coffin."

Cixi, who was cursing in her heart, was inferior to Ci'an at present, did not dare to disobey. She could only return to her residence obediently and take care of Zaichun, the son of Kant, who had changed the emperor's name to Kant. Unfortunately, Zaichun has never been with her biological mother, so although the mother and son live in the same room, they still have few words and hardly any words of friendship.

Finally, after the sound of Wu army's siege cannons came outside the city, Emperor Kant, who was less than eight years old, took the initiative to snuggle in Cixi's arms for asylum. However, Cixi was worried at this moment and did not love her son very well, taking the opportunity to repair the mother-son relationship. She just comforted Emperor Kant casually while waiting patiently for Ci'an to make a decision.

When it was time to come, it finally came. After having a simple lunch amid the constant sound of cannons, Ci'an suddenly sent Chen Fu to invite Cixi to meet him. He also said that there were important things to discuss with Cixi alone. Ci'an also said that Ci'an had made up his mind and hurriedly handed over Emperor Kant to An Dehai and the temporary recruitment of the bannerman and palace maids. With Chen Fu, he came to Ci'an's residence and met Ci'an again the Empress of the Palace of Emperor Xianfeng.

As soon as he entered the door, Cixi found that the atmosphere was not good. There was no palace maid in Ci'an's temporary residence. Chen Fu led Cixi into the door and immediately closed the door. At the same time, Cixi also saw that the mysterious yellow silk box appeared in front of Ci'an again, with a wine pot and a wine glass! As a result, Cixi immediately felt a drum in her heart and said to herself: "What's wrong? Why did she take out that thing again? What's going on with that pot of wine?"

"Kneel down."

Ci'an suddenly spoke. Although his voice was not loud and his tone was not fierce, his words were full of majesty, which made Cixi's face change and she asked tremblingly: "Sister, what did I do wrong, sister? Why did I kneel down?"

"How do you explain Gui Xiang's matter?" Ci'an asked back.

"Gui Xiang?" Cixi's heart thumped, her face suddenly became pale, and she said, "Didn't Gui Xiang go to Wu Zhe to deliver a letter of surrender? Sister, why did you suddenly ask him?"

"Concubine Yi, do you still want to argue?" Ci'an suddenly changed his name to Cixi and said coldly: "Tell you the truth, Guixiang has also come to Tieling. He is in the camp of the Wu thief army and is also very well treated by Wu thief. Yesterday, when Chen Fu went to the Wu thief camp, he happened to meet him!"

"Boom!"

There was another loud cannon sound outside the city, but no matter how loud the cannon sounded, it was not as loud as the bolt from the blue in Cixi's heart. When Cixi subconsciously went to see Chen Fu who was guarding the door, Chen Fu nodded and said respectfully: "Mrs. The Queen Mother Cixi was forgiven. When I went to Wu Thief Camp yesterday, I did see your younger brother Gui Xiang and said a few words to him."

"What did he say?" Cixi blurted out.

"He said everything, what letter did he send to Wu thieves, why could the Wu thieves suddenly catch up with us?" Chen Fu did not dare to look at Cixi's eyes, and said with a slightly lowered head, "Young Master Guixiang also wants the slave to help you, help you coax the Queen Mother, the prince and the emperor out of the city to surrender to the Wu thieves' army, and give him a reward after the matter is completed. But the Queen Mother of the Cialis please forgive me, the slave is not such a person."

If the poor second son of Guixiang could stand in front of Cixi, Cixi would definitely tear the idiot's incompetent brother with his own hands and chew it raw without dipping it in soy sauce! But there was no way, if Guixiang was not here, Cixi could only stand on the spot stupidly, letting the thunder in her heart keep exploding, completely deafing the sound of cannons coming from time to time outside the city.

"Concubine Yi, you disappointed me so much." Ci'an spoke again and said coldly: "If you want to surrender and save your life, you can tell me clearly why you have to play those tricks? You say yourself, as long as you are right, I didn't listen to you that time? Why did you lie to me this time? Do you want to hide it from me?"

"Sister..., I..."

Cixi was speechless, not knowing how to answer Ci'an's question at all, nor did she know what she was saying at all. Ci'an slapped the table hard and shouted: "Kneel down for the Ai family!"

With a plop, he could no longer resist the fear in his heart. Cixi finally knelt down to Ci'an on both knees and said tremblingly: "Sister, listen to my explanation, listen to my explanation!"

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to explain." Ci'an's tone was extremely cold and said, "Come to me truthfully what you did, and tell me again, why do you do this? To make it clear, because of the friendship between sisters for many years, I can consider spare your life! I dare to say a little falsely, the Ai family has some ways to deal with you!"

The fear in my heart was too strong, and Cixi didn't think too much about it. She could only tell me about the fact that she sent Guixiang to Wu Jun for false surrender and reported to the truth, and then kowtowed desperately, saying bitterly: "Sister, sister, I did this for a moment of being confused, and I did this for a moment of being confused! I really don't have any intention of harming you. I was just afraid that you would not agree to surrender to the Wu thief, and I was afraid of death for a while, so I did such a fool! And after doing this, I was always guilty that I couldn't sleep well every night... I always felt sorry..."

Cixi cried and defended her gradually whispered, because at this time, Cixi had already discovered that Ci'an's expression was wrong. In addition to being ferocious, she also had a mysterious grin. Then, Cixi's heart suddenly jumped, and she immediately understood something, and said to herself: "Is it a fraud to confess my confession?"

"Everyone says that Concubine Yi is extremely smart and is as smart as a man. I didn't expect it to be very ordinary." Ci'an finally spoke and said with a grim smile: "The Ai family just scared you casually, why did they take all their crimes? Let me tell you the truth, it is true that Chen Fu saw your baby brother yesterday, but he couldn't say a word to your brother, and your brother didn't sell you!"

"Rumbling!"

Just at this moment, the violent explosion that was far louder than ordinary artillery suddenly came. However, no matter how loud the sound was, it was not as shocking as Ci'an's words to Cixi. When Ci'an heard Ci'an's truth, Cixi, who had always been calm in the face of change, softened her body and immediately collapsed on the ground. She screamed in her heart: "I've been fooled! The Ai family has been fooled this time!"

Ci'an slowly opened the yellow silk box in front of him, tore open the seal and open the inner box, took out a bright yellow scroll from the inner box, and spread it out and said: "The last emperor's will, Concubine Yi, Yehenara, kneeling to receive it!"

Cixi struggled, and she couldn't keep her body stable after she wanted to kneel down several times. Ci'an ignored her and just said loudly: "The last emperor's will: Consult Empress Dowager Xiaozhen: Concubine Yi helped her mother with her son's reputation and had to respect her as the queen mother. She was definitely not someone who could trust her. Even if there was nothing to do, you should also make a decision. If he was in peace and had no fault, he should always give him kindness and courtesy. If he was wrong, you could summon court officials to declare my decree and kill him immediately to prevent future troubles. I respect this!"

Finally, it was proved that there was indeed such a will from Emperor Xianfeng. Cixi once again collapsed in front of Ci'an, her whole body trembled for a long time and could not say a word. Ci'an put down the will, picked up the wine pot next to her and poured a glass of wine, put it in front of Cixi, and said coldly: "For the sake of years of sisterhood, I will leave you a whole body and drink it."

"Sister, I..., I did something wrong, but I am also thinking about you and the emperor."

Cixi begged tremblingly, while Ci'an said in a cold tone: "You are for your own sake. You ruined our last hope for the Qing Dynasty. I can't tolerate you! Xiao Fuzi, Concubine Yi refused to drink, come and serve her to drink."

Chen Fu agreed, immediately came up and brought the poisonous wine to Cixi, and begged Cixi to drink it by herself. After Cixi hesitated for a moment, she suddenly overturned Chen Fu and jumped up, pounced on Ci'an like a crazy lioness, pinched her hands straight towards Ci'an's throat, and shouted with red eyes: "Stinky bitch! Let's die together!"

When Cixi pinched Ci'an's neck, a cold and sharp object suddenly penetrated into Cixi's lower abdomen. Severe pain came. Cixi's body shook. When she subconsciously lowered her head to see the condition of her abdomen, she saw that Ci'an had an extra dagger in her hand. The sharp dagger had been deeply inserted into her abdomen...

"... Emperor sister-in-law, Emperor sister-in-law, it's not good! No! Wu thieves used gunpowder to blow down the Tieling city wall and had already rushed into the city! Wu thieves who were killed in the sky were firing fires to cover up the sound of them digging the tunnels under the city! Wu thieves came in, what should we..."

The fifth prince of the Daoguang family, who was ordered to protect the palace, shouted and rushed over, but after kicking open the door, the prince saw that his sister-in-law Ci'an suddenly pulled out a bloody dagger from his other sister-in-law's stomach. Then blood fountains flowing between Cixi's belly, and the person slowly slips to the ground.

"For the specific situation, Lao Wu, please ask Chen Fu, he knows everything."

Ci'an's tone was cold and ethereal, as if it was from the horizon. He said, "Since the Wu thief has come into the city, the last will given me by the late emperor. I have also enforced it by the imperial edict, so I can go to see the late emperor with peace of mind. Lao Wu, the emperor will ask you. If you can escape, take him away. If you can't escape, I won't stop you. I will take you first."

After saying that, Ci'an picked up the wine pot in front of him, and before Chen Fu came up to cry and stop him, he poured the remaining wine in the pot into his mouth and swallowed it hard...

On that day, the Wu army broke through Tieling, and the guard Cheng Lu led many soldiers under his command to surrender. After being surrounded by the Wu army, the prince of the Puppet Manchukuo chose to surrender to the Wu army soldiers with Emperor Kant, who was less than eight years old. Ci'an's confidant eunuch Chen Fu explained the truth to the pseudo prince and committed suicide by jumping into the well and following Ci'an. Cixi's confidant eunuch An Dehai was happily prepared to surrender to the Wu army for rewards. However, the pseudo prince deeply hated him for his betrayal and asked for a reward for his revenge. He decisively defeated him before surrendering to the Wu army and killed An Dehai, who was very famous in history.

Cixi was not at peace even after death, and Cixi could not escape being used by her uncle Wu Chaoyue. After the news reached the capital, Wu Chaoyue immediately posthumously named Cixi as Empress Dowager Xiaoqin and tried her best to give all the honors that could be given to the dead. She promoted Cixi's outstanding achievements in anti-Ci'an and anti-Japanese devils. She also forcibly decorated Cixi with a merit of trying to escort Qixiang out of the city and was shamelessly killed by Ci'an. She sent Cixi to Zunhua to be buried with Emperor Xianfeng, so as to bribe the people's hearts of the Qing Dynasty's old and young people, as well as the remaining resistance forces that split the Qing court.
Chapter completed!